John Alexander Smith

John Alexander Smith (21 April 1863 – 19 December 1939) was a British idealist philosopher, who was the Jowett Lecturer of philosophy at Balliol College, Oxford from 1896 to 1910, and Waynflete Professor of Moral and Metaphysical Philosophy, carrying a Fellowship at Magdalen College in the same university, from 1910 to 1936. He was born in Dingwall and died in Oxford.

John Alexander Smith
Born(1863-04-21)21 April 1863
Dingwall, Scotland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died19 December 1939(1939-12-19) (aged 76)
Oxford, England, UK
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
Balliol College, Oxford
Era19th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolBritish idealism
Main interests
Ethics
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